I put a few in the bottom of a large flower pot or plant container - it reduces the amount of compost I need, and the pot is a little lighter with less soil.
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Here in California you can find the small shipping stores, like Mail Boxes Etc. (some now called The UPS Store) that have boxes for dumping your used peanuts. They can reuse them instead of buying new peanuts. You get rid of your peanuts and they save some money.

ebay seller would LOVE free or cheap popcorn! I was just at staples, and a small bag of it was selling for $10.00!

Send me your address and I will ocassionally send you some packing materials. I do a lot of online ordering.

Use them yourself for packing material. You dont have to shred up paper, and you can use them along with airbag packaging

Remarkable (www.remarkable.co.uk) use them to make biros. Send them to them and they might give you money for them.

offer them on freecycle - someone always need to pack something

you could string them up and paint then for christmas garland.

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bean bag and pillow stuffing!